Posted on 04.28.26

Airport handed a win in decades-old pollution coverage dispute

Source: https://www.businessinsurance.com/, April 24, 2026
By: Richard Sine

A unit of American International Group must face renewed claims that it owes potentially unlimited coverage for environmental cleanup costs at a Southern California airport, after a federal appeals court ruled that its policies did not cap liability for property damage.

In County of San Bernardino v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco on Thursday reversed a lower court ruling that had sided with ICSOP, a New York-based unit of AIG. Read more.

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